#C43C44#C43C44

#C43C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.172 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C44
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 54.23, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 60.44, 26.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.16 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.172 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4268, 15.3885, 7.0991)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C44 #3CC4BC

analogous

#C43C88 #C43C44 #C4783C

triadic

#C43C44 #44C43C #3C44C4

tetradic

#C43C44 #88C43C #3CC4BC #783CC4

square

#C43C44 #88C43C #3CC4BC #783CC4

split-complementary

#C43C44 #3CC478 #3C88C4

monochromatic

#671F23 #962D33 #C43C44 #D26B71 #E09A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C43C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C43C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C44

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C44	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.172 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a78',
    500: '#c43c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c44;
$custom-light: #dd7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55687,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C44

secondary

#90CCC9

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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